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the dramatic federal cuts known as sequestration kick in one week from today. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning, susan. >> good morning, anne-marie. with this deadline coming next friday, congress went on recess this week and for many that's making the massive budget cuts look inevitable and more americans are realizing they will feel the pain. with congress out of town, president obama called republican leaders thursday to talk about the sequester. it's the first time the three men have talked since the start of the year. >> both sides, i think, aren't really making a move and both sides look bad in the process. >> reporter: both sides look bad to seaside heights' bill acre. he's trying to get his town ready for the summer town tourist season after hurricane sandy devastated the resort town and now it faces another blow. this one from washington. the budget cuts called sequestration could result in a drop of sandy-related assistance. >> where do i have to cut services? is it going to be in protection? garbage pickup? maybe we don't do a road this y
the dramatic federal cuts known as sequestration kick in one week from today. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning, susan. >> good morning, anne-marie. with this deadline coming next friday, congress went on recess this week and for many that's making the massive budget cuts look inevitable and more americans are realizing they will feel the pain. with congress out of town, president obama called republican leaders thursday to talk about the sequester. it's the first time the...
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he did not specifically mention the sequestration deadline, but he did ask leaders from both parties to work together. >> while nobody in this room sees eye to eye on everything, we know that when we work together, democrats and republicans, north, south, east, and west, we can accomplish so much more than we can on our own. >> on sunday's "face the nation," two governors, democrat martin o'malley of maryland and republican bob mcdonnell of virginia, urged congress to avert the sequestration. >> for whatever our differences might be, we understand this is an economic threat. >> it with us put to place to be a hammer, not a policy, and now we are a week away from getting it done. >> but lawmakers can't seem to agree on how to avoid the cuts. republicans are pushing back against any plan that includes tax increases. >> in terms of the democrats' plan, it seems like the first thing they come up is with is we're going to have to raise taxes. if you recall in january $600 billion over the next ten years without any spending cuts. >> half of the spending cuts will impact the military. they
he did not specifically mention the sequestration deadline, but he did ask leaders from both parties to work together. >> while nobody in this room sees eye to eye on everything, we know that when we work together, democrats and republicans, north, south, east, and west, we can accomplish so much more than we can on our own. >> on sunday's "face the nation," two governors, democrat martin o'malley of maryland and republican bob mcdonnell of virginia, urged congress to...
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the budget cuts are called sequestration and could have a huge effect on defense. gary nurenberg has more. >> this is not a game. this is reality. >> reporter: an angry defense secretary wednesday on the consequences of those automatic cuts to american defense. >> they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> reporter: "u.s.a. today" obtained documents spelling out some of the cuts. >> they say that readiness is affected because they can't train and they can't sail ships as often. >> reporter: the pentagon announced wednesday afternoon the 5,000 crew members on the u.s.s. truman will be staying in norfolk and not deploying to the persian gulf. saving? >> in the hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: panetta said? >> we'll be able to take our responsibilities in afghanistan but if something else came up, say in syria or mali or libya, it wouldn't necessarily be an ought mat ig thing that we'd be -- automatic thing that we'd be able to send troops or equipment. >> reporter: no money for milit
the budget cuts are called sequestration and could have a huge effect on defense. gary nurenberg has more. >> this is not a game. this is reality. >> reporter: an angry defense secretary wednesday on the consequences of those automatic cuts to american defense. >> they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> reporter: "u.s.a. today" obtained documents spelling out some of the cuts. >>...
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warnings yesterday about the impact of dramatic budget cuts due to kick in next moth the so-called sequestration. panetta spelled out a list of cuts the pentagon will have to make, cuts he says will seriously undermine the military. susan mcginnis is in washington this morning. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the cuts are already happening. the pentagon is shrinking its presence in the persian gulf of aircraft carriers. it's par of that long list that secretary panetta released saying these cuts are going to have to happen in the coming weeks all because congress cannot agree on an alternative to the automatic budget cuts that are planning to kick in as well as a 2013 budget. the "uss truman" was scheduled to pull out of norfolk, virginia, tomorrow expected to head to the persian gulf but wednesday afternoon word came in the truman will stay in port to save money. >> playing the waiting game. it's not very nice not knowing when we're pulling out. >> the pentagon is carrying u.s. presence overseas ahead of $55 billion in budget cuts that kick in march 1st. >> this is not a game.
warnings yesterday about the impact of dramatic budget cuts due to kick in next moth the so-called sequestration. panetta spelled out a list of cuts the pentagon will have to make, cuts he says will seriously undermine the military. susan mcginnis is in washington this morning. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the cuts are already happening. the pentagon is shrinking its presence in the persian gulf of aircraft carriers. it's par of that long list that secretary panetta...
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. >>> the government is preparing for sequestration. those are those automatic budget cuts that will kick in march 1. >> president obama is calling on congress to pass a temporary fix in order to come up with a better long-term strategy. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: defense department workers got sobering news wednesday. most of them will take a big pay cut uns will something is done to avoid the deep budget cuts known as the sequester. >> if furloughs are ain can'ted -- are enacted, civilians will experience a 20% decrease in their pay between april and late september. >> reporter: the chief budget office says the furloughs will save the government $4 billion to $5 billion but president obama says the cuts should be made elsewhere. >> there's no reason they should be furloughed. there's no reason they should lose their job or be laid off. this is a problem that congress can solve. >> reporter: president obama is trying to pin the blame for the last-minute budget crisis on congress and with both chambers on recess this week, he
. >>> the government is preparing for sequestration. those are those automatic budget cuts that will kick in march 1. >> president obama is calling on congress to pass a temporary fix in order to come up with a better long-term strategy. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: defense department workers got sobering news wednesday. most of them will take a big pay cut uns will something is done to avoid the deep budget cuts known as the sequester. >> if furloughs are...
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. >>> on tonight's cbs evening news, scott pelley will talk to john boehner about the so-called sequestration and its implications. >>> today the senate will vote on whether to move ahead with the nomination of chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense. even if hagel gets enough votes to move forward, it's unclear if his former republican colleagues will allow an immediate confirmation vote. >>> pope benedict officially steps down on thursday. cardinals are gathering in rome to choose his successor. in one of his last acts, though, as pope, benedict changed the rules of the conclave to allow it to get started as soon as they arrive. alan pizzey reports. >> reporter: the pope seems increasingly at peace as he said his last good-byes. he leaves behind a vatican beset by troubles for the next pope and for those who will choose him. britain's most senior cleric, scott scottish cardinal keith o'brien, officially resigned and then took the unprecedented step of opting out of the conclave after he was accused of inappropriate contact with three priests dating back 30 years. o'brien disputes th
. >>> on tonight's cbs evening news, scott pelley will talk to john boehner about the so-called sequestration and its implications. >>> today the senate will vote on whether to move ahead with the nomination of chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense. even if hagel gets enough votes to move forward, it's unclear if his former republican colleagues will allow an immediate confirmation vote. >>> pope benedict officially steps down on thursday. cardinals are...
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. >> i think we should in bipartisan fashion stop sequestration in the words of the secretary defair destroys the pentagon. >> reporter: if there's any silver lining in this mess it's that the cuts would phase in gradually so if the two parties could come to agreement in a few weeks or a few months, much of the damage could probably be undone. bill plante, cbs news, the white house. >>> some republican opponents of chuck hagel'sed by say they will probably allow his nomt nation to proceed. his nomination has been put on hold, trapped in battle between republican lawmakers and the administration over the attack on the u.s. mission in libya. >>> you probably already noticed this but the price of gas has risen 32 straight days. this morning the average price of a gaap gallon of unleaded gas is $3.69. that's up 14 cents from a week ago and 43 cents a gallon from last month. experts say rising oil prices, reductions in cuts are all adds to a dramatic increase. >>> a troubled country singer mccready has apparently taken her own light. her life was taken. her talent was overtaken by her per
. >> i think we should in bipartisan fashion stop sequestration in the words of the secretary defair destroys the pentagon. >> reporter: if there's any silver lining in this mess it's that the cuts would phase in gradually so if the two parties could come to agreement in a few weeks or a few months, much of the damage could probably be undone. bill plante, cbs news, the white house. >>> some republican opponents of chuck hagel'sed by say they will probably allow his nomt...